Judicial Branch in a Flash

The Supreme Court is a trial court.

• True

• False

There is only one judge in a trial court.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law.

• True

• False

When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.

• True

• False

A jury decides the case in a bench trial.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it.

• True

• False

If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review.

• True

• False

It would be easy to prove a case without evidence.

• True

• False

If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was right.

• True

• False